Heart Sutra Talks
The Heart Sūtra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya or Chinese: 心經 Xīnjīng, Tibetan: བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ) is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom".
The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form." It is a condensed exposition on the Buddhist Mahayana teaching of the Two Truths doctrine, which says that ultimately all phenomena are Śūnyatā (emptiness).
It has been called "the most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition." The text has been translated into English dozens of times from Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan, as well as other source languages.
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July 24th, 1982, Serial No. 01516, Side B Heart Sutra, Mindfulness, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Aspects of Practice,... |
Jul 24 1982 |
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The Heart of Practice Prajna as Compassionate WisdomSerial: BZ-00030B Remembering our deepest intention; noble friendship is the entirety of spiritual life; connection between Berkeley ZC and San Francisco ZC. Ordination, Heart Sutra, Precepts, Describe, Posture, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Buddha... |
Jun 11 1982 |
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The Meaning of DevotionSerial: BZ-00011A Saturday Lecture Buddha Nature, Emotions, Mahayana, Religion, Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara, Ego,... |
Apr 03 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Celebration of Spring--This Shore, The Other ShoreSerial: BZ-00014B Keepng Your Place, One-Day Sitting Sixth Patriarch, Heart Sutra, Nirvana, Happiness, Observe |
Mar 20 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Rinzai Zen Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha... |
Feb 26 1982 |
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The Human Encounter with Death Heart Sutra, Death-and-Dying, Chanting, Transmission, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness... |
Oct 11 1981 City Center |
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Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Lineage, Aspects of Practice, Bodhisattva Vow, Heart Sutra, Sangha,... |
Aug 14 1981 2 |
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Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Aspects of Practice, Lineage, Separation, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Lay,... |
Aug 14 1981 1 |
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The Stages of Practice ISerial: BZ-00024A One-Day Sitting Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt... |
Mar 28 1981 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063 Study Period, Obstacles, Heart Sutra, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt... |
Mar 28 1981 |
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September 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00069 Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Sanctuary, Separation, Describe, Lay, realization,... |
Sep 03 1975 |
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September 1975 talk, Serial No. 00070 Oneness, Birth-and-Death, Heart Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Discrimination... |
Sep 1975 |
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February 16th, 1975, Serial No. 00178 Priest, Evil, Heart Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Posture |
Feb 16 1975 |
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February 16th, 1975, Serial No. 00548 Priest, Evil, Heart Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Posture |
Feb 16 1975 |
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April 4th, 1974, Serial No. 00155 heart, Intimacy, Heart Sutra, Oneness, Precepts |
Apr 04 1974 |
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April 4th, 1974, Serial No. 00502 heart, Intimacy, Heart Sutra, Oneness, Buddha Nature |
Apr 04 1974 |
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February 24th, 1974, Serial No. 00265 Bell, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Perfect Wisdom, Compassion |
Feb 24 1974 |
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November 16th, 1973, Serial No. 00230 Fox, Lineage, Funeral, Priest, Heart Sutra |
Nov 16 1973 |
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November 13th, 1973, Serial No. 00229 Love, Heart Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Vows, heart |
Nov 13 1973 |
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June 10th, 1973, Serial No. 00131 Karma, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Describe |
Jun 10 1973 |
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April 6th, 1973, Serial No. 00114 Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Heart Sutra, Ego, Samadhi |
Apr 06 1973 |
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April 6th, 1973, Serial No. 00292 Sixth Patriarch, Big Mind, Ego, Heart Sutra, Samadhi |
Apr 06 1973 |
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March 25th, 1973, Serial No. 00104 Doubt, Ego, Lay Ordination, Heart Sutra, Shuso Ceremony |
Mar 25 1973 |
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March 25th, 1973, Serial No. 00299 Doubt, Ego, Blue Cliff Record, Lay Ordination, Heart Sutra |
Mar 25 1973 |
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SF SeminarSerial: SF-00022 Myths and legends in religious traditions; natural and supernatural language. Attachment, Heart Sutra, Religion, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Transmission, Enemies,... |
Feb 22 1973 |
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November 11th, 1972, Serial No. 00492 Suffering, Karma, Vows, Heart Sutra, Continuous |
Nov 11 1972 |
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October 31st, 1972, Serial No. 00490 Ego, Anger, Heart Sutra, Money, Passions |
Oct 31 1972 |
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July 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00476 Evil, Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Rinzai, Heart Sutra |
Jul 04 1972 |
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May 26th, 1972, Serial No. 00468 Tozan Ryokai, Tozan, First Principle, Heart Sutra, resistance |
May 26 1972 |
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March 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00447 Offering, Right Effort, Heart Sutra, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature |
Mar 04 1972 |
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Form Is Emptiness and Emptiness Is FormHeart Sutra, Emptiness, Big Mind, Forms, Don't Know Mind, Interdependence, heart... |
Nov 13 1969 |
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OLD - Form is Emptiness, and Emptiness is FormSerial: SR-00262 This is just the last part of the transcript from this date. Edited together with 00243. Heart Sutra, difficulty, Breath, Enemies, Truth |
Nov 13 1969 |
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FORM AND EMPTINESS IISerial: SR-00027 Wednesday, July 9, 1969 Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, reality, Enemies, Truth, training, American, Duality,... |
Jul 09 1969 Tassajara |
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Practice Should Be The Practice Of “Right Now.”Serial: SR-00024 Thursday, July 3, 1969 Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Forms, Faith, reality, Describe, training, Enemies, War,... |
Jul 03 1969 Tassajara |
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Emptiness is FormSerial: SF-05968 Sunday, June 29, 1969 Newly uploaded version has speed adjustments made; should be a little clearer for transcript - not just end, but correcting... Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Current Events, Balance, Faith, Beginners, Continuous... |
Jun 29 1969 Tassajara |
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No DualismBaso, Heart Sutra, |
Nov 02 1967 Los Altos |
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OLD - In the Prajnaparamita SutraHeart Sutra, Emptiness, Wisdom, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners, Politics, Balance,... |
Jan 21 1966 BN |
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In the Prajnaparamita SutraSerial: SF-05113-B 5pm lecture begins this side Heart Sutra, Sengai, Dogen, Emptiness, Family Practice, Beginners, Transmission,... |
Jan 21 1966 5:00PM Sokoji |
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Readiness, MindfulnessSerial: 66-00-00-AE ± 1966 Los Altos Heart Sutra, |
1966 Los Altos |
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On the Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Aug 05 1965 Los Altos |
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Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Jul 15 1965 Los Altos |
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Great Prajna Paramita SutraHeart Sutra, |
Jul 08 1965 Los Altos |
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YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00219A Abhidharma, Sutra, Vinaya, Heart Sutra, Nirvana |
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YYYY.01.28-serial.00002 Happiness, Vows, Greed, Culture, Monastic Practice, Attachment, Samsara, Heart Sutra... |
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YYYY.01.14-serial.00042 Subject-and-Object, Dharma Transmission, Heart Sutra, Diversity, Repentance,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00553 Practice Position, Culture, Lay, Heart Sutra, Transmission, Dragons, Intuition,... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00555 Heart Sutra, Attachment, Echo, Ordination, Silence, Chanting, Lineage, Bell, Religion... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00950, Side B Hindrances, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Ego, Duality, Birth-and-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00951, Side B Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Platform Sutra, Subject-... |
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Unknown Date, Serial 00287, Side B Nirvana, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Mahayana, Samsara, Heart Sutra,... |
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